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| Funky Town | ||||
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 31:37 | |||
| Label | BluesWay | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
| T-Bone Walker chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [3] |
Funky Town is an album by blues guitarist and vocalist T-Bone Walker, released by the BluesWay label in 1968. [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that the album "showcased a virtually undiminished talent, still capable of incisive playing." [2]
All compositions by T-Bone Walker except where noted
Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 67 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Thursday Night in San Francisco is a blues album by Albert King, recorded live in 1968 at the Fillmore Auditorium. This album, together with Wednesday Night in San Francisco, contains leftovers recorded live on the same dates as Live Wire/Blues Power. Thursday Night in San Francisco, released in 1990, contains material recorded on June 27, 1968.
I Wanna Get Funky is the eighth studio album by Albert King, covering various blues tunes with heavy funk overtones, by Albert King, recorded in 1972 and released in 1974. With a rhythm section led by the Bar-Kays and horn arrangements by the Memphis Horns, it is considered by AllMusic as a "another very solid, early-'70s outing".
Bad Influence is the second studio album by the blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Robert Cray.
Boogie with Canned Heat is the second studio album by American blues and rock band Canned Heat. Released in 1968, it contains mostly original material, unlike their debut album. It was the band's most commercially successful album, reaching number 16 in the US and number 5 in the UK.
"Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" (commonly referred to as "Stormy Monday") is a song written and recorded by American blues electric guitar pioneer T-Bone Walker. It is a slow twelve-bar blues performed in the West Coast blues-style that features Walker's smooth, plaintive vocal and distinctive guitar work. As well as becoming a record chart hit in 1948, it inspired B.B. King and others to take up the electric guitar. "Stormy Monday" became Walker's best-known and most-recorded song.
Alone & Acoustic is an album by the blues musicians Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, released in 1991. It was recorded in 1981, in Paris, France, while the two were touring.
Together for the First Time... Live is a 1974 blues album by singer Bobby Bland and guitarist B. B. King. The duo later recorded Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live. Bland and King toured together extensively in the 1970s and 1980s, which did much to keep their careers alive during a period of otherwise popular decline for the blues genre.
Girls Go Wild is the alternate title of the 1979 debut studio album by the Texas-based blues rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds. The album was an eponymous release, but due to the prominence of the words "Girls Go Wild" on the cover it has often been referred to by that name. The album was reissued via Benchmark Recordings in 2000.
Blue Mood: The Songs of T-Bone Walker is a tribute album by Duke Robillard, dedicated to the songs of T-Bone Walker.
Somebody Loan Me a Dime is a 1974 studio album by blues singer and guitarist Fenton Robinson, his debut under the Alligator Records imprint. Blending together some elements of jazz with Chicago blues and Texas blues, the album was largely critically well received and is regarded as important within his discography. Among the album's tracks is a re-recording of his 1967 signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime". It has been reissued multiple times in the United States and Japan, including with bonus tracks.
Dancing the Blues is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal, released in 1993.
Midnight Son is the second studio album by Son Seals, released by Alligator Records in 1976. It was produced by Son Seals, Bruce Iglauer, and Richard McLeese.
Live and Burning is a live album by the blues musician Son Seals, released through Alligator Records in 1978.
Pleading the Blues is an album by Chicago blues harp player Junior Wells.
I Couldn't Believe My Eyes is an album by blues musicians Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry with Earl Hooker recorded in 1969 but not released by the BluesWay label until 1973.
If You Miss 'Im...I Got 'Im is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker with his cousin Earl Hooker released by the BluesWay label in 1970.
Stormy Monday Blues is an album by blues guitarist/vocalist T-Bone Walker released by the BluesWay label in 1968.
I'm in a Phone Booth, Baby is an album by the American blues musician Albert King. It was released in 1984 by Fantasy Records. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Traditional Blues Recording" category.
Blue Soul is an album by the American musician Joe Louis Walker, released in 1989. Walker supported the album with a North American tour, backed by the Boss Talkers.
